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The bully’s hand, who pushed her in water his or her actions played in excruciating detail.
Rational thoughts drowned by an overwhelming fury. Every muscle tensed and a low growl escaped my throat, building into a roar.
Transformation into my wolf was swift and uncontrollable because he was driven by a desperate need to protect her and avenge.
My wolf surged through the forest with his claws and teeth bared, ready to unleash his full force of wrath on the one who dared to harm her.
Aiden and Toren were running behind me, and this time even they were furious.
Tracy’s home was barely ten minutes away from my house by car. It took me three minutes to reach there. I shifted before entering her house from the back side. Picking up shorts from a basket, I sprinted to the pool and found her sinking to the floor.
“Kael!”
Tracy looked at me with fear in her eyes. “She lost control,”
she supplied the excuse.
I peeled my lips to snarl at her. Tracy balked. “Why didn’t you rescue her?”
I growled and jumped into the water. Everyone else scurried away, seeing my wrath.
Astrid had sunk into the deep side of the pool. I grabbed her hair and pulled her to me. Then I held her waist and bro her immediately with a towel. I started pumping her chest, praying to the moon goddess to bring her back to me. Thori flesh, scraping my soul. The pain of seeing her in this condition was so horrible that I wanted to die if she died.
K
oren covered dug into my
Her body jerked, and she vomited water. She coughed, but I knew she wasn’t aware of it. I checked her pulse and even though it was faint, it was there. I hauled her on my shoulder as Toren helped me wrap her completely and walked out of the area. From the corner of my eyes, I saw Nate and Briana running toward us. They looked like they had seen a ghost.
“Kael, where are you going?”
Tracy stopped me. “It’s not like she is dying!”
Rage erupted like an active volcano, and before I knew I slapped Tracy. She shrieked and fell to the ground with one hand on her cheek. Shocked, she looked at me through the mess of her hair.
“Stay away from Astrid. This is my only warning to you,”
I growled and walked out of her house.
We went to Nate’s car. Briana and Nate came with me as Toren and Aiden nodded, saying that they would run in their wolf forms via our mind link.
When we reached there, both Briana and Nate had guilty expressions on their faces. Not that I cared. Briana said, “Can we stay here with you tonight?”
She pleaded with me, with terror in her eyes. “We’ll leave tomorrow morning.”
“I would not give her back to you,”
I said, and without waiting for them to speak further, I climbed up the stairs to take Astrid to my room.
Once inside, I made her lie on the mattress and covered her with two thick comforters. Then I slid beside her and wrapped her in my arms. She was cold, and she needed all the heat. Through my enhanced hearing power, I heard Briana sniffling and explaining that they didn’t know what was happening because no one informed them. It was Nate who discovered that something was happening at the poolside. But by the time they could come to save Astrid, I had reached.
Briana called her mother to say that they would be late.
I stayed beside Astrid, and even after an hour she didn’t come out of her unconsciousness. Feeling the thorns of dread inside my chest, I straddled her body and shook her shoulders, begging her to return. Toren and Aiden stood by the bed, watching me, but they didn’t interfere because they knew that if they touched Astrid, my wolf would rip them apart.
Finally, Astrid opened her eyes. Relief flooded me like sunshine.
“Welcome back,”
I breathed, hugging her tightly.
“What happened to me?”
she asked, bewildered and disoriented.
“Nothing,”
I said, smoothing her hair back. “You’re fine.”
I kissed her temple.
Toren and Aiden’s relief was palpable through our bond. They both walked out of the room.
I picked up a glass of juice from the side table and gave it to her. “Drink.”
She complied.
I watched her, my wolf much calmer than what he was a few hours back, When she finished, I took the glass from her and said, “Rest, baby. You need it.”
Befuddled, she rested on the pillows and closed her eyes. I slid beside her, wrapping my arms around her and pulling her close. Fuck. I would not stay away from her now, and I would find the culprit who did this to her. I would ruthlessly rip out their hearts and forcefully feed it to them.
Astrid POV
I was standing at the edge of the pool in Tracy’s house. The moon was casting an eerie glow on the dark, churning waters below. The night was unnaturally silent, with only a howl of a wolf breaking the stillness. A hand nudged me forward, “Go on,”
a soft voice murmured. “You’ll feel better.”
Before I could stop it, the hand pushed me, and I plunged into the icy depths. The coldness of the water was like a shock that stole my breath. I thrashed desperately, my limbs heavy, but the water swallowed my screams.
I sank deeper, deeper, deeper….
“Astrid!”
A voice called me. “Astrid, everything’s okay!”
I clutched to his chest, my fingernails digging in his flesh. “Save me…”
I murmured.
The nightmare shifted. This time I was surrounded by shadows that circled around me. “Join us… join us…”
they called me. “Come, we know where your mother and father are. Join us…”
A wolf jumped at those shadows. His dark eyes flickered amber. The shadows hissed and retreated as I screamed.
I woke up with a start, my body covered in sweat and pressed by the weight of another body. I gasped for breath, seeing darkness around me. Was I alive?
“You’re fine,”
his soft voice made me snap my head towards him. He had pressed me against his chest, stroking my back, trying to calm me.
Moonlight filtered through the window, falling on the bed and on his beautiful face. “Kael?”
Disoriented, I asked, “H–how?”
He said nothing as his Adam’s apple bobbed. “You shouldn’t have gone to Tracy’s party. You were drugged.”
He narrated how he saved me.
Memories of what happened flooded my mind, but I recalled nothing after having ginger ale that Tracy gave me. My parents had taught me lessons about peer pressure. Not all, but some. First, choose your friends wisely. Surround yourself with people who respect your decision. Second, practice saying “No, thanks.”
And I didn’t do either of that. I was desperate for acceptance, to the point where my logical thinking was tosses.
But I remembered drinking ginger ale that she had drunk half. Was it drugged or was the food drugged? Did Tracy drug me on purpose or was it someone else?
“How will I go to school tomorrow?”
I rasped, shuddering at the thought of being a high school joke.
He watched me with an intense stare and said, “Just sleep. You’ll go. with me.”
Tears welled in my eyes, and I buried my face in his chest. He wrapped me tightly in his arms and I don’t know why this was the safest place I had sensed in all my life. I just didn’t want to imagine what my uncle and aunt would say about me. What about my grades? What about my college?
In the morning during breakfast, Briana and Nate told me everything and my cheeks heated red. I couldn’t look into the eyes of Kael and his brothers. “What about uncle and aunt?”
I asked, wondering how I was going to hide the scandal from them.
“I told mom we are staying at Kael’s place for the night. She was surprised, but she said, “Don’t forget protection,”
Briana whispered.
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